Brown eyed handsome man : the life and hard times of Chuck Berry : an unauthorized biography

"Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry draws on voluminous public records and dozens of interviews done by the author himself to paint a complete picture of this complicated figure." "Now, independent author Bruce Pegg has located Berry's friends, lawyers, business associates, and fellow musicians to illuminate a complicated life story. While sympathetic and admiring of Berry, Pegg does not paint an entirely rosy picture, placing Berry's life both within the larger African-American cultural experience and the world of mid-century American popular music. In doing so, he offers what should be the definitive portrait of one of the greatest stars of rock and roll, a story that will appeal to all fans of American popular music."--Jacket.Lire la suite...

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'Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry' draws on dozens of interviews done by the author himself and voluminous public records to paint a complete picture of this complicated figure.Lire la suite...

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"Pegg reminds us that if Elvis led the youthquake of the 1950s, it was Berry who became its unlikely poet laureate."-"Shepherd Express, January 9, 2003 "A measured, carefully constructed tome built upon meticulous research, yet it avoids the sort of dense, impenetrable style of so many scholastic rock bios."-St. Louis Riverfront Times "The staggering amount of research Pegg has done into Berry's southern roots and St. Louis makes its own statement about Berry's stature as an artist, while the analysis of individual songs...places Berry in a historical continuum while still conveying his out-of-the-blue uniqueness."-Montreal Gazette "Pegg's scholarship is tidy, his writing is clear and straightforward."-The Los Angeles Times "Ambitious."-MojoLire la suite...

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